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Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/jama

This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Finnic

Etymology

Probably a cognate with Proto-Samic *juomē, both probably ultimately borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas (whence Sanskrit यम (yama)). [1]

Noun

*jama

  1. joint (point where two things meet)

Inflection
Inflection of *jama
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility.
singular plural
nominative *jama *jamat
accusative *jaman *jamat
genitive *jaman *jamadën
*jamoidën
partitive *jamada *jamoida
inessive *jamassa
*jamahna		 *jamoissa
*jamoihna
elative *jamasta *jamoista
illative *jamahën *jamoihën
adessive *jamalla *jamoilla
ablative *jamalta *jamoilta
allative *jamalën
*jamalëk		 *jamoilën
*jamoilëk
essive *jamana *jamoina
translative *jamaksi *jamoiksi
instructive *jaman *jamoin
comitative *jamanëk *jamoinëk
abessive *jamatta *jamoitta

Descendants
  • Estonian: jama (dialectal)
  • Finnish: jama
  • ⇒ Ingrian: jame
  • Karelian: jama
  • Võro: jama
  • ⇒ Votic: jamo, jamauz

Further reading
  • “jama”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

References
  1. Holopainen, Sampsa: Indo-Iranian Borrowings In Uralic University of Helsinki (2019)
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